CLC Learning Series
For people in the pew.
Be part of the growing community of believers discovering God’s ongoing mission to gather His children back to Himself.
Episodes
15 episodes
Session 6 - Return of Jesus & New Creation | Core Testimony
Christian hope is not built on decoding a timetable. It rests on the promise that Jesus will return, the dead will be raised, evil will be judged, and creation will be made new.Wayne places that hope within the larger biblical story of t...
Session 5 - Witness & Mission | Core Testimony
The mission of the Church begins with the mission of God.From the beginning, God has been at work restoring His creation and drawing His children back into life with Him. God called Israel to become a visible community of justice, peace,...
Session 4 - Holy Spirit & Church | Core Testimony
Christians believe that after His resurrection and ascension, Jesus did not leave His followers alone. Through the Holy Spirit, Christ continues His work in the world today.At Pentecost, God poured out His Spirit upon His people, forming...
Session 3 - Jesus & Salvation | Core Testimony
Christians believe that Jesus Christ is fully God and fully human.Throughout history, the church has wrestled with understanding both who Jesus is and what He accomplished through His life, death, and resurrection. While Christians have ...
Session #1: Worldview & Scripture | Recounting Our Core Testimony
Seeing Reality Through FaithEvery person lives by faith.Whether we recognize it or not, we all carry assumptions about where we came from, why we exist, what gives life meaning, and where history is headed. These assumption...
Session 1: How Should We Read the Bible | Covenant Documents: Reading The Bible Again For The First Time
Ever felt like the Bible is a collage of quotes rather than a coherent story? We open a fresh path through Scripture by tackling two big questions: what lens are you using to read, and where does the Bible say its own writing begins? Instead of...
Session 8: Mission & the Modern World | Our Family Story: Charting Again the History of Jesus’ Church
This final session brings the whole story into view.Across centuries, we’ve seen the Church rise, fracture, gain power, lose credibility, reform, and expand.Now we arrive at the modern world— where faith is no longer assu...
Session 7: Enlightenment and Revivals | Our Family Story: Charting Again the History of Jesus’ Church
The Enlightenment sharply challenged Christianity, calling into question its belief in God, revelation, miracles and human need for divine salvation. Naturalistic evolutionary theory sharply challenged biblical doctrines of creation and the uni...
Session 6: Religious Wars | Our Family Story: Charting Again the History of Jesus’ Church
Session 5: Reforming Movements & The Reformation | Our Family Story: Charting Again the History of Jesus’ Church
Session 4: Church & State & Islam | Our Family Story: Charting Again the History of Jesus’ Church
Session 3: Expansion & Division | Our Family Story: Charting Again the History of Jesus’ Church
We trace how the Bible’s storyline shapes church history and why the mission stays steady even as God’s strategy changes through Jesus and the global church. We then follow the shockwaves of Constantine as Rome, councils, theology, and Christia...
Session 2: Consolidation & Controversy | Our Family Story: Charting Again the History of Jesus’ Church
In the midst of severe persecution, Christianity seemed vulnerable and exposed.Then everything changed.Through Constantine’s rise to power, Christianity moved from being a persecuted movement to a tolerated — and then increasingly...
Session 1: Survival and Spread | Our Family Story: Charting Again the History of Jesus’ Church
The story of the Church did not end with the New Testament.After Jesus’ resurrection and ascension, the gospel began spreading through the Mediterranean world as ordinary believers carried the message of Christ into new cultures and soci...